Metallic mounting for metal plates.



E. K. DAY.

METALLIC MOUNTING FOR METAL PLATES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. 1915- 1 ,21 8, 1 72. Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

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E. K. DAY.

METALLIC MOUNTING FOR METAL PLATES. APPLICATION msn MAY 3. ms.

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EDGAR K. DAY, OF WI-IEELING, WEST "VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO WHEELING CORRU- GATING- COMPANY, OF WI-IEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

Application filed. May 3, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR K. DAY, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of l/Vheeling, county of Ohio, and State of West Virginia, have invented cer- Specification of Letters Patent.

tain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Mountings for Metal Plates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to mountings for metal ceilings and the like, and more particularly to a sectional framework of metallic furring strips and headers adapted for mounting upon ceiling joists, beams and the like and adapted for having metallic plates mounted thereon.

The primary object of the invention is 'to provide a metal frame adapted for attachment either to wood or metal joists, beams, studding and the like and designed to have attached thereto metal plates or sheets of that character commonly employed in providing interior finishes.

A further object is to provide, in connection with a frame-work of the character mentioned, means for rigidly attaching said framework to metal joists or beams.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the features of construction, arrangement of parts and combinations of elements which will hereinafter be fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a fragmentary portion of a frame constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being shown applied to metal ceiling joists;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of two furring strips spliced together;

Fig. 4 is a. section on the line 44, Fig. 3, illustrating said splice;

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the same;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a brace whereby the frame is held at a spaced distance from an overlying portion of a ceiling structure' Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively front and side elevations of the same.

Referring to said drawings, in which like designating characters distinguish like parts throughout the several views A indicates furring strips designed to be mounted upon beams or joists B, the same being disposed transversely of said joists.

VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF WEST METALLIC MOUNTING FOR METAL PLATE S.

Patented Mano, 1917.

Serial No. 25,343.

Each of said strips is composed of sheet metal and consists of a flat base 1 designed to seat upon said joists, a head 2 disposed parallel to said base, and an intervening connecting web 3, said web being of double thickness and being designed to hold a plateattaching nail driven between the closely engaging members 3 thereof. Each strip is preferably formed of a single piece of material, the head 2 being composed of a longitudinal panel 2 formed along the median line of the piece, and turned-under, or panelunderlying, portions 2", the latter terminating at opposite sides of the axial line of the head; thence the metal is inclined inwardly in convergent lines to form legs 4. From the meeting point of said legs, the metal is extended at substantially right angles to said head, forming the web members 3'; thence the metal is extended laterally in opposite directions at right angles to the web, the oppositely disposed lateral flanges 1 thus formed constituting the base 1. The panel 2 is preferably depressed along its axial line between the legs 4 to form a V- shaped channel the walls 2 of which rest upon said legs 4:, as shown. The web members 3 are preferably correspondingly corrugated or otherwise ribbed longitudinally, as shown, so that a nail driven centrally through the head 2 and entered between said members 3 -will be firmly gripped.

The furring strip A may be attached to wooden joists and the like by nailing directly through the base flanges 1.

Located at suitable intervals between and parallelto the joists are headers C which have the same form and construction as the furring strips A. Said headers are interposed between adjacent furring strips, having their ends in abutting engagement with the webs 3 of the latter and fitted closely between the adjacent side of the head 2 and the adjacent base flange 1 of said strip.

In joining adjacent ends of furring strips, a short section of the panel 2 of the head 2 of one of said ends is removed, as shown at 7, Figs. 3 and 5, and said one end is then fitted to the other end to formv the joint or splice, the web 3 of said one end being introduced between the web members 3 of the other, and the portions 2 of said one end being introduced between the portions 2* and panel 2 of the other, as shown in Figs. 3, a and 5.

When the joists are so widely separated that the frame has insuflicient rigidity intermediate said joists, suitable braces may be interposed between the furring strips and the overlying structure. In the present embodiment 8 indicates an upright brace formed of sheet metal bent into substantially triangular form in cross section. Said brace is preferably formed integral with a plate 9 which overlies the base 1 of a fur-ring strip and which has lateral flanges 9 turned into clenching relation to the base flanges 1 as shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8. The brace 8 is adapted to have its upper end seat against the overlying portion of the building structure, so that-the framework is rigidly maintained against distortion when the metal plates 10 are being nailed thereto.

As is apparent, the metal frame formed in the manner hereinbefore described is ad mirably adapted as a mounting for metal ceiling plates and the like, being of such character that securing nails may be driven thereinto and firmly held.

It will be noted that numerous changes in'the form and arrangement of some of the parts may be resorted to Without de- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for parting from the general spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. Hence I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the precise construction herein shown and described.

hat is claimed is- A mounting for plates and the like including a pair of approximately similar beams each having a head, a base, and a web connecting the head and base, said head and web being each composed of two thicknesses of metal, one of the beams having an end of the outer thickness of the two thicknesses of its head removed and the end of the other of the thickness of said head being received between the two thicknesses H. E. DUNLAP, W. G. Ronenns.

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